Nov 15 2020 41 mins
Phil and Jake add a few verses to the List of Every Damn Thing by ranking Ice Cube, dilapidated shacks, crushed ice and cubed ice.
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SHOW NOTES:
- Rap acts that we discuss include NWA, The Bomb Squad, Too $hort, Eazy-E, Dr. Dre and Scarface.
- We talk about a lot of songs by (or featuring) Ice Cube. “Express Yourself” (especially the clean version) is positive and uplifting. “I Ain’t the 1”, “Givin Up the Nappy Dugout” and “Nothin’ But A Word” are songs you don’t want to play for your mom. “Natural Born Killaz” is a prime example of 90s horrorcore rap. “Black Korea” doesn’t really make you feel good about anyone.
- It’s crazy that the movie Friday is over 25 years old! The sequels aren’t as good, largely because they lack Chris Tucker. The original Friday was adapted into an animated series in 2007; Jake watched the first episode and it was pretty fun (if occasionally offensive).
- Ice Cube didn’t endorse Trump, but lots of people (including Saturday Night Live) implied that he did.
- Neither Phil nor Jake had read A Contract With Black America before recording this episode, but Jake read it after-the-fact, and agrees with like 95% of it. It’s a noble project that deserves attention.
- Here’s a Billboard article that summarizes the recent controversy that led to Ice Cube being accused of anti-Semitism. Cube appears to have made an effort to amend things with the Jewish community by establishing a relationship with the Zionist Organization of America.
- Phil refers to a quote about going broke, noting that it might be from Groucho Marx. The quote is actually from Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises: “How did you go bankrupt?” Bill asked. “Two ways,” Mike said. “Gradually and then suddenly.”
- Legend has it that Phil once rode a bicycle across the United States. This is when he (allegedly) came upon George Washington Carver’s birthplace.
ALSO DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:
wart removal * Straight Outta Compton (movie) * Paul Giamatti * Jerry Heller * the 2020 election * racism * misogyny * Hank Williams * Hank Williams Jr. * Cheech & Chong * Jessica Rabbit * farms * historic preservation * time travel * “Back That Azz Up” by Juvenile * Antoni Gaudi * The Undercover Economist by Tim Harford
Below is the List of Every Damn Thing as of this episode (for the most up-to-date list, go here):
- Dolly Parton - person
- Prince - person
- Cher - person
- Donald Duck - fictional character
- Hank Williams - person
- air - substance
- Watchmen - comic book
- onions - food
- “Midnight Train to Georgia” - music
- sex - idea
- The Three Stooges - comedy act
- intro to “Back That Azz Up” - music
- dilapidated shacks - structures
- shirtless men wearing elaborate angel wings, gold lamé shorts & furry cha-cha heels - idea
- plants - life form
- nail clippers - tool
- rye bread - food
- cubed ice - substance
- Antoni Gaudi - architect
- land - substance
- Charmander - fictional character
- A-shirts (aka “wifebeaters”) - clothing
- “Dancing Queen” - music
- Watchmen - TV series
- Jessica Rabbit - fictional character
- Cheech and Chong - comedy act
- “Tulsa Time” - music
- cold brew shandy - beverage
- Jersey Shore - location
- crows - animal
- sea - substance
- coffee - beverage
- Whoppers - food
- national debt - idea
- band t-shirts - clothing
- Ice Cube - person
- moist - word
- lightning rounds - idea
- generation ships - idea
- sardines - animal
- Tommy Bahama shirts - clothing
- man-bun - hairstyle
- toe shoes - clothing
- “Do You Know the Way to San Jose” - song
- Watchmen - movie
- blood - substance
- Oreos - food
- crushed ice - substance
- pigeons - animal
- Daylight Saving Time - idea
- sports team jerseys - clothing
- Josta - beverage
- Gambit - fictional character
- Surge - beverage
- Double Stuf Oreos - food
- Jenny McCarthy - person
- Hank Williams, Jr - person
- QAnon - idea
The theme song for this episode is by Jade Puget.
Graphic design by Jason Mann.
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